, we should defer to the legislature.e should allow the ledge legislature to articulate any kind of justification that it can think of. for example, at the trial the lawyer said there is no voter fraud, but we want voter integrity. >> jennifer: what does that mean? >> the judge said, that's a good reason. >> jennifer: what does that mean? >> right, what does it mean? it means he calls it fraud-light at the trial. it's another way of saying fraud. but the judge said that's a good enough reason. >> jennifer: so the reason the legislature said the purpose of passing this law to get mitt romney elected i'm assuming that was introduced at the trial, was it not. >> oh, is eternal certainly was. it's not only that he said it, but he said it to a group of republicans at the republican caucus. he said it to loud applause. >> jennifer: right so it's clear evidence of intent to suppress democratic vote. so the judge found that that rationale in the legislature was sufficient to be able to pass a law that disenfranchises people. >> t

have in the legislature i have benefited from being so young, because sometimes the legislature cane like high school. if you are 60, it is hard to go back and relearn all the things that may high school high school, but the fact it was a reason for me makes it somewhat easier to deal with. some things that might normally frustrate people serving in office. we have in arkansas a host of young members. there are two here in the audience today. we have a very high percentage of our members under the age of 40, certainly. the perspective that it brings, at least for myself, i would not trade it for the world. i think it helped me tremendously, being young. it is like everything else you are experiencing, it is what you make of it. i see a lot of older members come in. if you are 60 years old and a successful businessman, you do not see what you do not to be in charge and they want. you get to boss people around. sometimes it is a struggle. a basic role i tried to live by is that, whatever your stereotype is, try not to play into a period being done, i try to the listener, i try to be a

the legislature was seeking to provide clarity to a couple of important circumstances. the first circumstance was an idea that had been in georgia law for years. the concept of date duty to retreat. if someone is attacked with life-threatening force, previously a person had a duty to try to run away. there was no specific provisions that allow it once expressly to protect themselves or others outside of their home. there was vagueness with one's ability to exercise their right to self-defense outside of one's home. we understand that all laws are in perfect. -- imperfect. in 2006, the stand your ground law was seeking to provide more clarity to these issues. in conclusion, i want to ask that we be sensitive unmindful. these are very difficult issues. i would charge you to never take your eye off the ball of the important issues. once fundamental right to self- defense and passing laws that are consistent, that allow the courts to judge on understandable ways to uphold the principles of justice we all hold so dear. it is an honor to be with you today. [applause] >> we ca

it was just, unfortunately a shift in who controlled these state legislatures. that's what happened starting in 2011. >> so, this was the big shift in the midterm elections of 2010. and you're saying this started soon after the republicans gained the ascendancy in those state legislatures? >> minutes after they gained ascendancy. it wouldn't be the first time in american history for politicians to manipulate the system for their own benefit. >> earlier this summer, the republican majority leader of the state house of representatives in pennsylvania, mike turzai, when he was boasting about the accomplishments of the legislature under republican control, listed as one of their major accomplishments, quote, voter id. >> voter id, which is going to allow governor romney to win -- done! >> that seems to be confirming that voter id is all about politics. >> of course it's about politics. this is all about politics. i think our point is there's inappropriate partisan gamesmanship here, that when we talk about access to the polls, and we talk about the ability of indivi

have in the legislature, i benefit from being so young because sometimes the legislature can be likend relearn all those things that made high school high school. the fact it was a reason for me, makes it a little easier to deal with some of the things that might normally fresh to people serving in office. in arkansas, we have a host of young members. two are here in the audience today. we have a very high percentage of our members under the age of 40, certainly, and i think the perspective for myself, at least, i would not trade for the world. i think it helped me tremendously being young. your expenses are what you make of it. i see a lot of older members who come in, a successful businessman as 60 years old, you don't understand why you do not get to be in charge from day one. sometimes it is a struggle. pretty basic rule i like to live by is, whenever your stereotype is, do not play into it. being young, i try to listen more than i talk. i tried to be accommodating. i think it allowed me to hopefully to the position i do serving well, like minority leader. when you're in a buildi

>> what the judge said because this is the legislature we should defer to the legislature we should allowticulate any kind of justification that it can think of. y so, for example, at the trial the lawyer said there is no voter fraud but we want to have voter integrity. >> what does is that mean? >> well, right what does it mean? it actually means we call it fraud light at the trial another way of saying fraud. the judge said that's a good enough reason. >> the reason of, you know, the legislature who said -- legislator who said the purpose for passing the law was to get mitt romney elected i'm assuming that was introduced as evidence? >> it was. it wasn't only that he tuesday but he said it to a group of republicans at the republican caucus and said to loud applause. >> it's clear evident -- evidence of aa tempt to suppress vote and the judge found that rationale was enough to pass a law to disenfranchise the people? >> it came down to the standard he played. there is no important right at stake here. the legislature is allowed to regulate elections which no one disagrees with that. sinc

the right to directly elect their senators through the seventeenth amendment and set of state legislatures doing the job for them but now republicans want to strip us of that right to what's their grand scheme here and mitt romney has a ton of character flaws but tying a dog to the roof of a car yeah i'd say that tops them all well this insane lapse in judgment by romney hurt him in november and it was one band trying to make sure that happens because saul a of debo joins me later in the show. and we begin tonight with julian assange he was ecuador's foreign minister ricardo patino announcing this morning that his nation will grant a songe political asylum. to the ecuadorian government but also to the cultural is defending its right to protect the sanction. and we have the say that to grant political asylum to him the u.k. government should respect the decision of the about syrian government. with son she's been holed up in the ecuadorian embassy for about two months called the decision a significant victory but it comes with a price tag of damage international relations between ecuador on

i don't vote for members of congress or state legislature. it's not a presidential rule under the constitution to pass constitutional amendments. ask your member of congress or your state legislator. >> that's why i think you could just as easily stay out of that issue. it's disingenuous to say, in part to work for federal management because he has no legal will. >> the balanced budget amendment . >> they talk about everything, including some things that violate the laws of physics and other economic loss. we can't really expect restraint. >> thank you. my question, how do you feel and more importantly how you think the republican party feels about the matter of a woman's right to choose. i recognize the have a question of another line of, what you don't have in the game marriage issue. what i'm talking about, during a time where unless it is a religious matter there's not a separate life. what is your view on that and have you compare interview on gainer? >> i hesitate, since it is such in many ways a different topic, i hesitate to give my v

. >> this is from the very legislatures who approved these billings back in january? >> yes, it is a board that acted on this and the very board that said this is what we want to do. now they are very proud because before they could, you know, charge you for a week's worth of a portion of the billing as they limited it to the 24 hours when most people are without that power. most people's power have not been eliminated. they thought it was a fix. but the consumers, i don't think that they found it to be a fix. >> and i remember that you will call it with them there. and at the point you talk to, i mean, no regrets. >> this is the chairman of the public service commission. saying we went to him after a hearing where people were just outraged about it. i asked them did you hear about the people complaining? well yeah, there were a lot of people that did not speak here. he never acknowledged that he ever heard those people so upset. this hearing, he is now acknowledging that he knows about the complaints. >> he doesn't know about it more. that's for sure. thank you so mu

so i work in the virginia legislature sure and you see all these our bills and they're they're sort of not you know they're hidden that they come up to some other legislators idea but the reality is that the person that's introducing them has basically been bought and paid and got this grand vacation from alec years and they are pro their anti gun legislators in virginia who would be voting against guns who are now voting in favor of gun rights because of alec these are they change their mind about like you they don't even know what the legislation at the time that the legislation is in fact some legislation they haven't read it carefully enough and still has the alley the label on it they've been reading in here you know we can't deny that corporations have a much louder voice when it comes to advocating for certain pieces of legislation especially in the post citizens united era when they can basically threaten the legislature and the legislator and say if you don't vote for this i'm going to drop a million time warner corporations like the new york times corporations like. me to

eliminateing eight agencies in state government if the legislature goes along with it.h hope they'll go along with most of it. moving forward in the future we'll pull down a number of different programs and eliminate eliminating programs and focusing in on fewer areas of state government. >> jennifer: well, senator owens was not the only one who was critical of the specifics of governor brownback's plans. so were other moderate republicans in the state senate. so brownback started endorsing tea party newcomers against those republican moderates including senator owen's opponent denning. but more importantly it was not just the scorned governor backing by the way tea partyers against sitting legislatures in his own part. it was not just him but the koch brothers. the kansas based conservative billionaires behind the group of americans for prosperity, they started funding those tea party opponents, too. there is no question that the koch brothers see state level races as inexpensive investments with the potential for really big political returns. they are set on making th

so many more are racing to the legislature. yesterday, democratic women senators in georgia staged a walkout to protest to measures that would limit access to services and contraception. i want to read a couple of headlines. ohio remains on the front lines of the abortion debate. michigan legislature passes a partial birth abortion bans. you talk ok's 72 hour waiting period for abortions. -- utah ok's 72-hour waiting period for abortions. i could spend the entire lunch talking about this. the good news is that women are organizing, and rallies are taking place on a regular basis. a lot of young women are getting involved. we had a caller to date asking, how do i talk to my male students in high school about this? that is the good news. there are a lot of solutions and we are making progress, but it is difficult. i would like to introduce the woman behind to this incredible event. shelly bradford bell -- [applause] she is executive director of global arts and education. please join me in welcoming her. [applause] >> hello, every

grace lee is at the capitol with how the legislature plans to reform pensions. it is a big one. >> it absolutely is, is not the most sexy issue because it is so complicated but it is hugely important because it affects so many californians. at least 1 million directly. and while no one has seen the legislature's plan publicly, the senate president says he will reach a deal with the governor and he will get a pension reform passed before they leave and a month. >> we have a number of priorities but i think the first on a list as pension reform. we have talked a lot about it, let's sit down. >> he promises a plan but would only hints at how the legislature will manage the unwieldy public pension fund. >> i think over the next week or two you will see that we will save billions of dollars over the course of the next 30 years by reducing formulas for new workers and changing some of the rules that have allowed for some abuse. and at the same time, to make sure that we do not take everyone down to the bottom here. >> thisenator darrell steinberg says that is not true

after a monthlong recess the state legislature is back in session this week. greta they have very big issue to resolve and billions of taxpayer dollars at stake. how the legislature plans to reform pensions. >>> we have a number of priorities but first on the list is the pension reform we talked a lot about it but let's get it done. >>> the senate president promises a plan that he would only can tell the legislature will manage a ton public employee pension plan. >>> a big the next week or two you will see billions of dollars of the course of the next 30 years are reducing formulas for new orders and changing some of the rules that have allowed for some abuse and that the same time to make sure that we don't take everybody down to the bottom here. >>> seen it democrats ran an impasse with governor brown in july that the latest decision to sutter said it's not true in fact he says that are very close to an agreement. >>> what happened in the middle of july is that we just needed more time to work to the details we really were not far apart from the governor in

number one, the governor used it to hold the state legislature in -- he has vowed never again. >> i'm going to put those states behind us. >> so there you have it, the top five reasons things have changed. so, if this thing does move through the legislature, and the voters approve it in a statewide referendum in november, there could be a vegas-style casino up on that hill now occupied by cirque du soleil overlooking national harbor by 2016. scott broom, 9 news now. >> big changes ahead. voters will be asked for their stamp of approval in a statewide referendum in november. >>> a woman found inside her burning apartment this afternoon has died from her injuries. firefighters responded to the chef he will ri -- cheverly station at 4:00 this afternoon. the victim found unconscience with critical burns. no word yet on a cause. >>> new at 11:00, police investigating a metro bus accident that put a young woman in into the hospital. it happened this evening right at wisconsin avenue and jennifer street in northwest. metro tells us that bus was turning from wisconsin on to jennifer when it h

so i don't vote for members of congress or state legislature.but you know it's not a presidential role under the constitution to pass constitutional amendments. as a member of congress and ask your state legislator. >> inode, that is why i think he could just as easily stay out of that issue. it is kind of disingenuous to say i'm going to work for a federal marriage amendment if he has literally no role. >> they talk about it too. >> they talk about everything including things that violate the laws of physics and mostly economic laws that we can't really expect restraint. the gentleman here. on the right. >> thank you. i think my question is for mr. lampo. mr. lampo, how do you feel and how do you think the republican party feels and more important libertarians feel about a woman's right to choose? now i recognize when we get into a woman's right to choose, you have to the question of another life intentionally. which you don't have ms gay marriage issue but i'm talking about roe v. wade where there was a period there is not a severed life. what

the state legislature has six times now refused to pass that legislation.ented and has failed. that is an indication that the state of colorado does not approve of this particular plan. but that is one way to deal with it. that is a legal way to deal with it. and that is, of course, the only way it should be done. the idea that we can just continue, the president of the united states and the president of metropolitan state university and his board can just say we really don't like these laws. they are on the books but we think we can get away around them. let's try to do that. if the state legislature has turned us down let's do it anyway. what is left? what kind of a country is it that you can do this? a college can do it and a presidenticate do it by signing executive orders. somewhere someone has to say this is not right. it is illegal what do you tell all of the people who have come here the right way? how do you explain this? that they spent money, time, to wait in the line. why? if you come into the country illegally you will be given all of the benef

i would like to briefly describe the act, which was enacted by the state legislature after recognition that "the california coastal zone is a distinct and valuable natural resources of vital interest to all people and exists as a delicate ecosystem here " the planning commission may only approved -- as a delicate ecosystem." when planning commission may only approved if they find this is in in conformity with the lcp. the lcp is embodied in the western shoreline plan of the san francisco general plan. policy 3.1 specifies the western end of golden gate park must

that mentioned jesus christ, and he ordered the indiana legislature to refrain from using christ'sle name or title or any denominational appeal. however, at the same time hamilton said, it is permissible for the legislature to use the word "allah."word fortunately, that decision was overturned on appeal. however, president obama then promoted david hamilton to a lifetime judgeship on the u.s.nt court of appeals for the seventh circuit. federal judge michael urbanski is another judicial appointment made by president obama.he urbanski must take the cake forr having the most extraordinary, exalted notion of his own power. youurbanski suggested in the con that the ten commandments be censored down to six commandments in order to make te the posting legal under the first commandment. obama's most outrageous attack on religious liberty is his executive order in obamacareba that thema requirements -- thato impose that the requirements violate their religion.gi twenty-three new lawsuits have been filed in 14 states challenging the obamacare mandate on the religious liberty argument.ir these

the plan was passed by legislative committee will go to a vote before the full state legislature by friday. and new details tonight about the water main break in san francisco's edition valley reporter linda yee has learned the pipe was installed just a few months ago. the breakout and this morning about 1115 on forestry's. in it they are cleaning it up and are trying to find the cause of that break. in the meantime they're hoping to bring power and water back by midnight to the 14 homes who remain evacuated. who is lured into the night's clearing of the deer and trying to find out why a 42 in. main ruptured. some of what they discovered it shocks the water department. >>> we know is that new airlines that were installed about eight or nine months ago and so that 21 of the biggest seems to figure out what exactly happened and causes watermen to break. her breath install dates nine months ago fails. and that is baffling to us. a multimillion-dollar projects turned neighborhood streets into rivers. just after 11 this morning the main burst destroying other pipelines and the torrent of water

many of the democrats who'd run the legislature for decades were hard-bitten deal makers who'd spent their careers at the statehouse on beacon hill. and like many newcomers to politics, the new republican governor pledged collaboration. it was easier said than done. michael widmer was there. he's the president of the nonpartisan massachusetts taxpayers foundation. >> the legislative leaders were never particularly fond of governor romney, unlike some other republican governors. governor romney brought in a mindset of, that he was going to be the c.e.o. as governor and it's a very strong legislature here, and of course very heavily democrat as well and so i think there wasn't an appreciation on the part of the romney administration, that this was an equal branch of government, and they tried to centralize a lot of the control, the administration did, with a bureaucracy, and dealing with a legislature, and so forth. so, that didn't sit well. >> ifill: kerry healy, romney's lieutenant governor, remembers it differently. >> one of the things that governor romney did every week was invite

the republican led legislature required voters to affirm citizenship, but rick snyder vetoed it. a rare good thing for him, citing potential confusion among voters. that was everyday at the polls. as poll workers argued with voters who refused to check a box that they are not legally required to do. all these efforts are aimed at awe pressing the vote to stop the so-called voter fraught. the problem is voter fraught doesn't exist. republicans can't get elected on slashing medicare, medicate and social security and get elected on advocating for tax cuts at the expense of the middle class. what do they do? they resort to voter suppression through the process at the state level. the romney campaign signed on to the strategy as we told you. they have been spreading the lie that the obama campaign is trying to deny the right of active military service men and women in ohio from early voting. the exactpposite is the truth. the obama campaign is trying to expand early voting for all registered voter, including military personnel. i am joined by the former ohio kkman, lieutenant colonel

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. >> i first met slade gorton in 1966 when the 22-year-old rookie reporter covering the legislature. it so happens if a man who introduced us was my former adviser. an amazing democrat. when he introduced me to slade he said that he was kerri smart and someone i thought was a scary smart spoke volumes. i don't know where the time has gone but i keep interviewing men and women in their 80s and 90s to larry real inspiration. the other day i was trailing dan up the steps of the capital and he was taking from two at a time on artificial knees but the really fascinating thing about the job that i have now is to take the experience i gleaned from covering a lot of amazing people like slade gorton and dan evans and to write biographies and there are so many stereotypical notions about slade gorton in particular. the notion that he is a right wing republican, unscrupulous, thinks spotted owls taste like chicken. all of the above. it really doesn't square with the person that i cover for all those years. joel connelly, my friend and colleague for all these years better than anyone took the ti

land, ball games, or concerts', self policing does not seem to be high on the list for the legislature. >> it definitely rankles a lot of people, and people's antennas go up because it seems like a conflict of interest. it seems like the legislature makes laws for the rest of us, how come they do not make laws for themselves? >> for elected officials, all of these kids are supposed to be a matter of public record and there are limits. professor lee points out that if you really do not like what is happening, " and out. people hold the ultimate power. if you feel like your vote does not matter, this is a time when it does, you just need to pay attention. >> for legislators getting free passes, chances are he's not going, he is giving them to constituents. >> that is what senator tom garage said, he did not want to go to disneyland. >> thank you for that. three california cities have gone broke this year and a top credit rating agency is warning that many more could follow. moody's issued a report saying that the growing fiscal distress in many california cities is putting bond holders a

he has been successful as a legislature as well.s is a number that i think a lot of people aren't aware of. he signed his name to 1,064 bills and resolutions. that is a lot. that is a very productive 14 years in congress. many of those bills and resolutions, by the way, deal with tax policy and spending, restricting it to not boosting it. the ryan budget has been passed in each of the last two years, by the way. he has authored the budget. that, if that is not impressive to you, think about this. the democratically controlled senate has gone more than 1200 days, let's put that over here, 1200 days and have not passed a single budget for the government of the united states, even that is required by law to do so, even though, you would think, that this president would insist upon it doing so because of budget, as we all know, is the blueprint for the administration's for america. there have been zero budgets, zero. democrats have energetically attacked the ryan budget but calling it a vote to and medicare, by the way. those plans, and

get their stuff through the legislature because they didn't have a majority of seats.blican president and a democratic majority in the u.s. congress. there's always a lot more conflict. >> so is there any hope that taiwan will be able to stabilize its political system in the near future, rendering these fights a thing of the past? >> i'm pretty confident that taiwan will develop some mechanisms for smoothing over the worst and most violent of these legislative conflicts. >> but until then grab some popcorn, sit back, and enjoy the show. and you don't have to look far from taiwan to find more political punch-outs. >> if you want to be a politician in korea, a black belt in tae kwon do may not be a bad thing to have. >> fights are so common in south korea's parliament that they've become a spectator sport. >> this looks like a coup. i don't know if you'd want them in charge. >> there has been a ritual aspect to confrontation in korean society. one of the challenges with korea as a relatively new democracy is that this is not really a political culture in which debate and

our legislature was 85% democrat. and every one of the four years i was governor, we balanced the budget. i want to use those experiences to help americans have a better future. we believe in our future. we believe in ourselves. we believe the greatest days of america are ahead. i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. . >>> hello, everybody. dave ross with you and we're a half hour away from the day bow of robert griffin 3 and i am fired up. he was drafted in april of the 26th and went through rocky minicamp, otas, 11 days of training camp and he gets a first taste of the nfl action and hopes to avoid major collisions. >> to be honest, if i don't get hit, i will be okay with that. kids are going to hurt and you have to be ready for that and i am not going to go in the game and say i hope he hits me as much as he can and that is not coming out of my mouth. if i get hit, i get hit. if not, thank god. >> and grinch sin not the only redskin ready to go and tonight, a chance to hit someone else and shanahan can begin f

and an expansion that requires an act for the legislature and the approval of voters and the referendum in november. today, the maryland senate went into session in an attempt to settle the issue once and for all. >> it is a daunting task. >> if this bill passes, what you're seeing in the obama and romney ads are nothing compared to the ads that you will be seeing in prince george's county. because the people in west virginia, they do not want this bill passed because they want the maryland money to continue to flow to west virginia. and competitors from out of state are opposed, saying that another casino in prince george's county would hurt business. >> this is our community. >> reporter: meanwhile church groups are still opposed. it does not include prince george's county. >> reporter: if it is cleared here towards the special session at gambling and if voters are approved in november, then the earliest that you could be playing would be in 2016. in annapolis, scott broom, 9news now. >>> more on the gambling story, but we've got more hot muggy weather and storms popping up. we need t